Pieces of Impact

Stories worth gathering around. Pieces of Impact features creators, athletes, outdoorsmen, entrepreneurs, and original characters with a world worth stepping into and lessons they have earned.

Pieces of Impact is a business podcast hosted by Steve Seger, with 47 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Steve Seger hosts Pieces of Impact, a business show with 47 episodes published.

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  Episode #47

  #47: Sarah Calhoun - Work Pants, a Music Festival, and Small-Town Montana

  Sep 25, 202638 min

  Sarah Calhoun is the founder of Red Ants Pants, a women’s workwear company based in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. A former outdoor instructor and trail-crew leader, she launched the business in 2006 after years of working in pants that didn’t fit. She also founded the Red Ants Pants Music Festival and leads the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which supports women’s leadership and rural communities. In this conversation, Sarah traces the path from sewing backpacks to touring the country with an Airstream for pants parties and launching a music festival in a cow pasture. We talk about choosing small-town Montana, learning the business as she went, and why handing over the company’s day-to-day leadership felt like a relief. She also explains the less glamorous side of festival production: buying up toilet paper across three counties. I also learned that a lonely male llama may start pooping in a perfect circle. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Chapters: 00:00 Rapid Fire: Books, Music, and Liam Neeson 02:53 A Farm Childhood and a Few Facts About Llamas 06:03 From Trail Crews to Women’s Workwear 08:20 Learning to Build a Business From Scratch 12:01 An Old Saddle Shop in White Sulphur Springs 15:27 Loans, Manufacturing, and Mentors 19:48 Tour de Pants: Taking the Business on the Road 22:13 A Music Festival in a Cow Pasture 27:14 Making It Better, Not Bigger 28:20 Hiring a CEO and Bringing In Investors 32:57 Work Skills, Girls’ Leadership, and the Foundation 35:35 Life Behind the Shop Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links Red Ants Pants Red Ants Pants Music Festival Red Ants Pants Foundation Red Ants Pants on Instagram The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho This House of Sky by Ivan Doig

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  Episode #46

  #46: Ron Schara: The Man Behind Minnesota Bound

  Sep 18, 202646 min

  Ron Schara is an outdoor writer, television producer, and the creator of Minnesota Bound. A former Minneapolis Tribune and Star Tribune outdoors columnist, he launched the show in 1995 with his black Lab, Raven, and later hosted ESPN’s Backroads with Ron and Raven . Before any of that, he was a music student who wanted to be the next Andy Williams. In this conversation, Ron shares how a writing professor changed his direction, why he left a newspaper career for television, and how a red bandana helped turn Raven into the star. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Chapters: 00:00 Minnesota Favorites and Rapid Fire 02:55 Duck Hunting with Bud Grant 07:26 Growing Up Outdoors in Iowa 09:31 Music School, Journalism, and Andy Williams 15:47 Why Minnesota Bound Started With People 20:40 Raven’s Red Bandana and the Leap to Television 26:08 Leaving the Newspaper and Reaching ESPN 29:09 Peacock Bass, Tarpon, and Piranhas 34:01 Africa, Hunting, and Habitat 36:44 Monarchs and Purple Martins 40:47 Finding the Next Story 42:54 The Fishing Story He Never Forgot Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links Minnesota Bound Ron Schara Productions Ron’s Books Minnesota Bound on Instagram Minnesota Bound on YouTube

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  Episode #45

  #45: Mike Perry - A Literary Life Five Minutes From the Deer Stand

  Sep 11, 202647 min

  Mike Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, speaker, musician, volunteer firefighter, and first responder from rural Wisconsin. Raised on a dairy farm, he worked summers as a Wyoming ranch hand, became a registered nurse, and eventually built a writing career rooted in rural people, places, and work. He has written more than 25 books, including Population: 485 , and performs with his band, The Long Beds. In our conversation, he explains how a farm kid who once thought authors were mysterious capital-A people learned to make a living with words while staying five minutes from his deer stand. We also learn that if he ever fights Liam Neeson, the plan begins and probably ends at the kneecaps. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links Visit SneezingCow.com Browse Mike’s books, recordings, and merchandise Subscribe to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail Follow Mike on Instagram Chapters 00:00 Rapid Fire: Books, Deer Stands, and Liam Neeson 09:20 The Story Behind Population: 485 12:14 Returning Home and Joining the Fire Department 16:37 Population: 485 and a Possible Broadway Musical 20:22 His Dad, Wyoming, and an Unexpected Opportunity 24:46 Becoming “Terminally Unemployable” 26:59 How Publishing Changed and Why Mike Keeps Adapting 31:02 Writing by Triage and the Blue Volkswagen Effect 36:39 Literary Solitaire, Revision, and Fancy Words 42:05 Building a Business Around the Writing 46:32 Where to Find Mike Thumbnail photo: Lee Butterworth Photography.

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  Episode #44

  #44: Ed Roberson - The Strenuous Life, the Long Game, and Finding Your People

  Sep 4, 202645 min

  Ed Roberson is the creator and host of Mountain & Prairie, a podcast and platform about the people shaping the future of the American West through its land, communities, and culture. In this conversation, we trace the path that took him from a small town in eastern North Carolina and a conventional career in real estate to conservation work and a creative side project that eventually became his full-time work. Ed explains how a health scare and the financial crisis forced him to reconsider his direction, why conservation work moves at the speed of trust, and how years of relationship-building helped Mountain & Prairie become such a distinct platform. We also talk about building before anyone is listening, the book project he is developing, Theodore Roosevelt and the strenuous life, and why character matters more than achievement. Most importantly, we determine that Ed might have a chance against Liam Neeson, provided he survives the first punch. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links Mountain & Prairie Listen to the Mountain & Prairie Podcast Subscribe to Good News from the American West Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Chapters 00:00 Rapid Fire: North Carolina, Jimmy Buffett, and Favorite Books 07:37 A 100-Mile Loophole, Five-Day Fasts, and Liam Neeson 12:55 Tarboro, North Carolina, and the Community That Raised Ed 16:29 Boarding School, Honor, and Learning to Work 18:55 Coasting in College and Following the Conventional Path 21:00 A Health Scare, the Financial Crisis, and a Career Reset 24:28 Starting Mountain & Prairie as a Side Project 26:01 Why Conservation Moves at the Speed of Trust 28:13 How the Podcast Opened Unexpected Doors 29:42 Playing the Long Game 31:05 Building Before Anyone Is Listening 33:44 The Book Project and What Comes Next 35:37 Theodore Roosevelt and the Strenuous Life 38:39 Advice to His 23-Year-Old Self 43:04 Where to Find Mountain & Prairie

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  Episode #43

  #43: Will Harris - What Happens When a Farm Thinks in Generations

  Aug 28, 202644 min

  Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman and the owner of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, where his family has farmed since 1866. After spending more than 20 years running a conventional monoculture cattle operation, Will began dismantling the industrial model and rebuilding the farm around animal welfare, healthy soil, natural cycles, and a radically traditional approach to agriculture. In this conversation, Will explains the truckload of calves that forced him to reconsider how he farmed, the hidden cost of chemical fertilizer, and what happened when he stopped looking for things to kill and started protecting everything that belonged in the ecosystem. We also discuss restoring Bluffton, growing from a handful of employees to 170, bringing his daughters into the business, refusing to expand merely for the sake of growth, and measuring decisions in generations instead of quarters. We also learn how a Baptist preacher’s wife saved Will from spelling “Tenac” for the rest of his life. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Connect with Steve Seger on LinkedIn Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links White Oak Pastures Shop White Oak Pastures Visit and stay at the farm A Bold Return to Giving a Damn White Oak Pastures on Instagram Chapters: 00:00 Highway 27 and White Oak’s Place in Rural Georgia 02:01 Six Generations on the Same Land Since 1866 04:21 When a Local Food System Became an Industrial Cattle Farm 07:49 The Truckload of Calves That Changed Everything 10:49 Cheap Fertilizer and the Cost It Hid 16:35 How Water From the Farm Reaches Apalachicola Bay 19:41 From Looking for Something to Kill to Keeping Things Alive 25:32 How White Oak Pastures Helped Rebuild Bluffton 29:00 Bringing His Daughters Into the Family Business 34:08 The Spur-of-the-Moment Decision to Rename the Farm 37:25 Why Bigger Is Not the Goal 42:18 Final Wisdom: Decide What Matters and Serve It

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